The Manage Tags Dialog

You can use the Manage Tags dialog to create and delete tags, and to edit tag descriptions.

The dialog contains three panes, left center and right. Initially, all the tag collections at your installation are listed on the left side of the dialog. When you select one of these collections, all its top level tags are displayed in the center pane. The right pane contains the name of the currently selected tag collection, plus a Description and an Alias field. Above the panes are a toolbar and a "breadcrumbs" bar.

If you click on a tag in the center pane, then it is moved to the left pane, and all its child tags are displayed in the center pane. The name and description of the currently selected tag is displayed in the right hand pane along with any aliases that the tag may have. An alias is an alternative name for a tag.

You can navigate down through the hierarchy in this way. You can navigate back up by clicking on one of the "breadcrumb" buttons displayed in the breadcrumbs bar:

If more than 20 tags is listed in either the left or center pane, then a Filter button is displayed below the pane. You can use this button to reduce the number of tags in the column. Just click on the button and start typing the first few characters of the tag you are interested in. This will reduce the number of tags in the column, making it easier to locate the tag.

To add or change the Description of a tag just click on the existing description (or where it says "Click to add description") and type the description you want.

To add an Alias to a tag, click where it says "Click to add alias", type the alias you want and press Enter. To remove an alias, click on the delete button to the right of its name. The purpose of adding aliases to a tag is to provide more user-friendly tag-based searching. If you add a "Leningrad" alias to a "St. Petersburg" tag, then users will be able to find articles that are tagged "St. Petersburg" by searching for either "St. Petersburg" or "Leningrad".

Above the breadcrumbs bar is a toolbar containing the following buttons:

Edit tag: Click on this button to change the name of the selected tag (or alternatively, just click on the tag name in the right hand pane). Type the new name and then press Enter.
Move to: Click on this button to move the selected tag to another location in the tag hierarchy. A menu is then displayed with two options: Move to and Move to recent. Move to recent has a sub-menu containing tags you have worked with recently. If you want to move the selected tag to be a child of one of these tags, then just select the required parent. If not, choose Move to. An OK and Cancel button are then displayed at the bottom of the Manage tags dialog. Find the parent tag you require, select it and then click on OK.
Merge: Click on this button to merge tags. See Merging Tags for details.
Add sub tags: Click on this button to create a tag, then enter a name for the tag in the displayed dialog. The tag is created as a child of the currently selected tag or tag collection.
Delete: Click on this button to delete the currently selected tag. If the tag has child tags, then all of its child tags are also deleted. Any tags that are in use are removed from the content items where they are used.

To edit the description of a tag:

Click on the button to the right of the Description label in the right hand pane
Make the changes you require.
To save your changes, either:
- Press Enter or
- Click somewhere outside the Description field but inside the Manage tags dialog.

You cannot create or delete tag collections from this dialog. This can only be done from the server-admin web application, described in the Escenic Content Engine Server Administration Guide.